{"id":11342,"date":"2021-04-10T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T17:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=11342"},"modified":"2021-04-10T19:34:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T17:34:56","slug":"newness-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/04\/10\/newness-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Newness of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/04\/10\/newness-of-life\/tree_building_at_an_angle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tree_building_at_an_angle.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A320FL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617135386&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tree_building_at_an_angle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tree_building_at_an_angle.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tree_building_at_an_angle.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tree_building_at_an_angle.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tree_building_at_an_angle.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tree_building_at_an_angle.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:smaller;\">(Photo: Irene Bom)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>A prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Risen Christ, bring newness of life<br \/>\ninto our stale routines,<br \/>\ninto our wearied spirits,<br \/>\ninto our tarnished relationships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nfrom <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Prayer-Rhythms-Fourfold-Patterns-Celtic\/dp\/1844170772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prayer Rhythms: Fourfold Patterns for Each Day<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nby <strong>Ray Simpson<\/strong>, p. 29<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3>A blessing<\/h3>\n<p>The God of life go with us,<br \/>\nthe Risen Christ beside us,<br \/>\nthe vibrant Spirit within us.<br \/>\nAmen!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nfrom <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Prayer-Rhythms-Fourfold-Patterns-Celtic\/dp\/1844170772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prayer Rhythms: Fourfold Patterns for Each Day<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nby <strong>Ray Simpson<\/strong>, p. 30<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; A prayer Risen Christ, bring newness of life into our stale routines, into our wearied spirits, into our tarnished relationships. &nbsp; from Prayer Rhythms: Fourfold Patterns for Each Day by Ray Simpson, p. 29 &nbsp; A blessing The God of life go with us, the Risen Christ beside us, the vibrant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/04\/10\/newness-of-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Newness of life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61,3],"tags":[198,130],"class_list":["post-11342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blessing","category-prayer","tag-alive","tag-easter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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